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While the demand for Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies is increasing day by day, governments are also taking rapid and important steps regarding the crypto sector. At this point, the latest news came from Kazakhstan. According to Bloomberg, Kazakhstan is preparing to establish a national cryptocurrency reserve fund worth between $500 million and $1 billion. The fund’s capital will come from assets seized or repatriated by the government from abroad and profits from state-supported mining operations. The fund in question avoids direct exposure to cryptocurrencies but will invest in ETFs and crypto-related companies. The fund is expected to become operational in…

Binance, the leading crypto exchange by trading volume, has just made it possible for everyone to earn a passive-like income through ether options, opening up a strategy once limited to pros. The exchange announced in a press release shared with CoinDesk that it is allowing users to write (sell) ether options, helping them effectively manage risk and generate extra income. This decision responds to increasing demand from both retail and institutional investors for advanced derivative trading tools. The announcement builds on Binance’s move to democratize bitcoin BTC$88,837.20 options writing and mirrors the explosive demand for BTC, ETH, and ETF-based instruments.…

Key Takeaways Commonware, a crypto infrastructure startup, secured $25M in funding. The round was led by Tempo, which is backed by Stripe and focuses on stablecoin settlement. Commonware, a crypto infrastructure firm building tools for decentralized finance applications, secured $25 million in a funding round led by Tempo, a blockchain startup focused on developing stablecoin settlement infrastructure. The investment reflects growing interest in specialized blockchain infrastructure as established fintech companies expand into crypto assets. Stripe, a payments company expanding into blockchain through backing emerging crypto startups, has supported Tempo’s development of stablecoin payment ecosystems. Tempo recently spun out from incubation…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced it will list a new stablecoin called KGST to expand its trading options in the spot market. According to the official announcement, the KGST/USDT trading pair will be available on Binance Spot starting December 24, 2025, at 11:00 AM. Users can deposit KGST now, before trading officially begins. Binance will also launch its Trading Bots services for the KGST/USDT pair at the same date and time. This will allow users to utilize automated trading strategies via the Spot Algo Orders feature. The listing fee for KGST has been set at 0 BNB. Withdrawal operations for…

President Donald Trump’s media company reported multi-million dollar losses for the third consecutive quarter this year, a result that pushed the stock down to its lowest price in over a year.  Trump Media & Technology posted a $54.8 million net loss in 2025’s third quarter, the company said Friday—despite investing billions of dollars this summer into a massive Bitcoin treasury. Given the company has some $3.1 billion in assets on hand, the net loss was received poorly on Wall Street. Trump Media’s stock (Nasdaq: DJT) has fallen more than 4% to $12.76 at writing, dipping as low as $12.70. The…

Binance announced it will list three new USDⓈ-margin perpetual contracts on its futures trading platform, Binance Futures, to expand trading options and enhance user experience. According to the announcement, the ZKPUSDT, GUAUSDT, and IRUSDT currency pairs will be gradually launched for trading on December 21, 2025. Accordingly, the ZKPUSDT perpetual contract will launch at 13:00 with leverage up to a maximum of 40x, the GUAUSDT contract at 13:15 with leverage up to 20x, and the IRUSDT contract at 13:30, also with leverage up to 40x. USDT will be used as the collateral in all contracts, and transactions can be made…

If you’ve ever bought a stock and assumed you “owned it” the moment you hit confirm, you’ve already met the least glamorous part of markets: settlement. Settlement is the back-end handoff where the system ensures that the buyer’s cash and the seller’s security actually swap places for good, with no take-backs and no missing pieces. Markets still spend an odd amount of their day waiting for ledgers to match, for cash to arrive, for collateral to land in the right account, and for the middlemen that run the machinery to say, yes, that’s final. Tokenization has promised to shrink that…

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) extended their year-end slide in December, with total market valuations falling to their lowest level in 2025. According to data from CoinGecko, the overall valuation of the NFT sector fell to $2.5 billion in December. This represented a 72% decline from a peak of $9.2 billion in January. The decline came as NFT sales activity remained subdued following a weak November performance. In December, weekly NFT sales failed to surpass $70 million during the first three weeks of the month, falling below November’s pace. December is on track to reinforce late 2025’s downward trend as year-end liquidity…

Tharimmune, Inc. (NASDAQ: THAR), a publicly traded biotechnology company developing a new digital asset treasury strategy, announced the completion of a $545 million private placement. The funds will support the company’s plan to acquire Canton Coin (CC) and expand its participation in the Canton Network, a blockchain infrastructure for institutional financial markets. The financing round was led by DRW and Liberty City Ventures, with participation from ARK Invest, Kraken, Polychain Capital, SBI Group, Tradeweb Markets, and the Canton Foundation. Tharimmune becomes the first publicly listed company backed by the Canton Foundation. The company plans to use the proceeds to acquire…

Binance announced it will list new trading pairs to expand trading options in the spot market and improve user experience. According to the announcement, the exchange will begin trading in ADA/USD1, ASTER/USD1, LUNA/USDC, LUNC/USDC, and ZEC/USD1 currency pairs on December 24, 2025, at 11:00 AM. With the new listing, investors will be able to buy and sell popular crypto assets such as Cardano (ADA), Aster (ASTER), Terra (LUNA), Terra Classic (LUNC), and Zcash (ZEC) against various stablecoins. Binance officials stated that this step aims to increase market liquidity and offer users more trading options. Binance will also activate its Trading…